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You’re busy, right?
If you're reading these words, then your answer is yes and we have something in common - not enough time. And perhaps the sense that large things can’t be created or conquered because we don’t have the big time they require.
I offer a simple solution: make intentional ... Views: 1637
I look around and I saw that there are people live happy and fruitful life. I believe these people are my best models and not the book authors who give 1001 techniques on time management. I must observe them. I must listen to what they say.
The practitioner is the real expert. People who ... Views: 1637
I just finished a coaching call with one of my favorite clients. I really love this guy (as I do all my clients), because he is a really genuine person, cares about his patients and wants to make his business truly incredible.
And I want to share something very interesting from our session ... Views: 1635
What’s holding you back from having the life or career you want? The answer for over 50% of my clients is overcoming fear. This can show up in a variety of ways from doubt, worry, and anxiety. Maybe you’ve been told negative, put-downs over and over again by other people. Or perhaps you’ve ... Views: 1633
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Sugar, Sugar - by Coach Jenn A. Nocera, MA, MFT, CLSC, CPFT
The concept of food as an addiction is, finally, gaining more recognition in the mainstream media! Earlier this month, 60 Minutes featured a long segment on sugar toxicity. Prominent doctors and scientists explained how the human body reacts to sugar intake. Insulin spikes, the liver works ... Views: 1632
Uncommon Sense for Work & Play
By
Bill Cottringer
“Success and happiness are a result of using uncommon sense, while failure and unhappiness are the consequence of using everything else.” ~The author.
Success and happiness in life are most often tied to your efforts in reaching a ... Views: 1627
It may seem like we never learn absolutely everything about our bodies and how to best take care of them, but there are some good guidelines as well as other people's experiences that can help immensely.
Health
A healthy body starts with healthy thoughts. We can see how our own body ... Views: 1626
Other than genetic factors involved in our personalities, here I am focusing on the factors that shape our habits and then we develop a specific attitude towards life.
At first our mothers or caregivers influence on our personality by offering us certain choices related to dressing, food, ... Views: 1621
Do you struggle with trying to be the perfect woman?
I do.
Like most that struggle with perfectionism, I know it’s wrapped into my ego and insecurities. I consciously know that I need to lighten up on my expectations of myself, but in execution it can be difficult.
This morning as I ... Views: 1621
Microsoft Outlook can be a tremendously helpful productivity tool when you are prioritizing your time spent on email. But if you don’t know about Outlook’s many functions you may not be using it to its greatest potential. This article is part of a series of articles that will guide you as begin ... Views: 1620
The interactive world we reside in permits a lot of diversions. At the office, there are interruptions by our colleagues or our partners in addition to calls from our family at times always important and many times a priority to address. There are our own vices sometimes searching phones, email ... Views: 1620
Today, I would like to share with you some personal development tips on why it is important for you to set your own goals. You may have heard people harping on how important that is. Did you ever wonder why?
Goal setting is important, firstly because it gives you a sense of direction. Think ... Views: 1618
Check Email Only When You Can Process Email. We all love to ‘check’ our email to see what has arrived since we last viewed our inbox. But this means we continually add to our to-do list (and our anxiety) without giving ourselves the time to actually deal with the email (i.e. respond, delete, ... Views: 1616
You may have already starting planning for your life with a certain ending in mind and you didn’t even realize it. If you start to think about it, this is an incredibly smart way to look to the future, by looking at the end first and then working your way backwards. Just as with any type of goal ... Views: 1616
It was just a Yellow, Legal sized Notepad, but it made this millionaire CEO's sales force
more productive, less stressed and happier, at work and at home.
How could a simple yellow notepad have such power?
Here is the story:
The millionaire CEO gave each of his employees a yellow, legal ... Views: 1616
The alarm clock goes off. Snooze. Alarm again. Snooze. Alarm again. Off. Shower goes on. Wash body, shampoo. Shower off. Brush teeth, hair, dress.
Eat. Drive. Sit. Work. Eat. Work. Drive. Eat. Sit. Sleep.
Rinse and repeat daily for the worst results.
Does this seem like you? Is this ... Views: 1615
If you are serious about becoming a better and happier person, what’s important is that you keep your focus on your main goal, which is to be happy. Once you find your own happiness, you will instantly be a better person in every aspect of the word.
Finding what can make you happy isn’t the ... Views: 1614
The secret key to success is failure! It's sounds, strange, it sounds counterintuitive but it is the secret to success.
Ask yourself how many times have you failed in your life? I'm sure the answer is more than you care to remember. Then think of someone you admire, a role-model who you ... Views: 1613
"We must learn to understand what we do not understand." Dr. Michael King
We live in a time of change. What has still been valid 5 years ago, no longer works today. People who take advantage of others are being discovered. Lies are exposed and rulers overthrown. The world is changing rapidly ... Views: 1611
Many times, when we are working to improve ourselves, we need to determine what we are already doing. In time management, for example, we need to determine where we are spending our time. Since most of our activity is based on subconscious or unconscious habitual behavior, we need to find out ... Views: 1610
I keep thinking that one day there will be more time in the day to get things done. My daughter started first grade this fall. For years I heard about all the time I would have once she was in school for a full day. Some suggested that I might even get bored.
Yeah…hasn’t happened. Sure, I do ... Views: 1609
It is always tempting to make changes at the beginning of the year. After all, it seems like a logical time to think about doing something different. But is that really the case? Sure, we can all think of things we would like to change about our lives, but is the beginning of the year the time ... Views: 1609
We all hit that brick wall at times where we are no longer jumping out of bed each morning excited to start our day. When you find yourself lying in bed dreading to get up and start your day you know it is time to do some self-reflection and find out what is zapping your energy.
Retreat from ... Views: 1609
Workers seem more and more stressed every day.
Technology has created expectation of an immediate response 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Short-term thinking and planning based on the focus of quarterly stock reports has increased the sense of importance for every project. ... Views: 1608
Dealing with a difficult Person can be as hard as a buried ball in the sand. Is dealing with difficult people as challenging as they claim. Can you remember that last time that you had to deal with difficult people?
Personally I hate arguments but I have never managed to evade them fully. You ... Views: 1606
Everybody has a habit or personality trait that they wished they could be rid of. Smoking, nail biting and hair twirling are all good examples of these kinds of habits, which can seem difficult if not impossible to overcome. I personally believe that all behavior can be changed, however, and the ... Views: 1606
I was reading an article on cat training so I thought I’d offer a different point of view.
The article starts out with this statement…”The most effective cat training is best done early”, and I completely agree. It was after the first sentence that they began to lose me.
It has been my ... Views: 1605
Like R&B singer Lauryn Hill once sang, ‘the sweetest thing I have ever know, was like the kiss upon the collarbone’… that was of course, until I came across a corporate office and millions of Hersey kisses. After visiting offices around the country, I can honestly say that today’s professionals ... Views: 1604
I am so very proud to call myself a Canadian this week as we host the Olympic Games in Vancouver. I was spell-bound as I watched the Opening Ceremonies and jumped out of my chair with great joy when Alexandre Bilodeau won the first Gold medal for Canada!
"If you only care enough for a result, ... Views: 1603
Most times handling your reaction is just about the most unnatural thing that you can do. It can be done however with a lot of practice and patience. Once you master getting over the urge to react you can win every emotional battle that you will have to go through in life. ... Views: 1603
Leadership demands that we make tough choices. ~ Alan Autry
We have exercised the right to choose for many, many years. If you reminisce backwards, you’ll recognize at just how early of an age you were making choices. We become wiser in making choices as we mature, oftentimes because we ... Views: 1602
28 Days to Building Your New Habit!
Any area of your life that you are looking to develop a new, positive habit can be as easy as 28 days.
This can be everything from eating well, to handling your finances more efficiently, completing tasks or projects within a reasonable scope of ... Views: 1600
As I was reading about breaking habits, the rule of thumb seemed to be that if you can avoid doing the undesired behavior anywhere from 21 to 30 days, then you will be rid of it.
That didn’t make a lot of sense to me.
If that were true, then alcoholics with a lengthy span of sobriety would ... Views: 1600
Sometimes it is best not to think. Thinking is great, necessary and a basic function. God knows some people need to try it more often. However, there is a time not to think, but rather to act. Thinking can…
* anticipate obstacles
* prioritize actions
* solve some problems in ... Views: 1599
So you’ve decided to take the plunge and start your own business. You’ve got stars in your eyes and grand visions of working in your jeans, having the time and flexibility to “do lunch” with friends and pick up the kids each day from school.
SOUNDS APPEALING, DOESN’T IT?
The reality, ... Views: 1597
Listen, you are not alone. You had so much enthusiasm at the beginning of that project. Your intentions were the best. You were so passionate, motivated, and excited about the impact it would have. Maybe you thought it would be more fun than it turned out to be. Maybe you got distracted by ... Views: 1595
Today, many people are accepting the fact that saving extra money is the only way to live a stress free life. People with significant amount of savings are said to be better off financially than people with huge amounts of debt. Many people often find themselves with extra cash but do not know ... Views: 1595
A client of mine called me today. She has been taking spirulina capsules in place of a multi as I suggest. She noticed when she ran out of them, not only did she have less energy, but she began craving sugar. Now that may just be how it affects her, but I thought it was very interesting. ... Views: 1594
By nature, we are all creatures of habit. We instinctively adopt familiar routines for most activities. We eat about the same number of meals each day - at more or less the same times. We have a regular pattern of sleeping - unless it is perturbed by illness or shift work. Most everything we ... Views: 1593
On the Drama Triangle (Dr. Stephen Karpman), there are three major roles that people play: Persecutor, Rescuer and Victim. The diagram as Dr. Karpman originally developed it is an equilateral upside down triangle. The victim is at the bottom point. That is because the Persecutor and the ... Views: 1593
Have you ever heard the term “keep your nose to the grindstone?” Although sources cite different origins to the phrase, it has come to describe someone who works hard and steady at something that is tedious and boring. Many historians believe that the origin of the phrase was passed down ... Views: 1593
One of the most common challenges I hear from small business owners is that they do not have enough time to focus on what's really important in their business. In order to solve this problem you first have to determine why this is a challenge. Once this is clear, you can look at strategies to ... Views: 1593
All too often, people put the care and well-being of everyone else ahead of their own. When you spend all of your time on others and none on yourself, you become energetically depleted, stressed out, even physically ill or dis-eased. These are messages from your body telling you to take time ... Views: 1590
Having good manners is defined as behaving in a way that does not make other people uncomfortable in your presence. Since it is crucial that a workplace have a pleasant and supportive environment, everyone in it is expected to contribute to creating a workplace environment that promotes good ... Views: 1590
“Your ability to work single-mindedly on your most important task will contribute as much to your success as any other discipline you can develop.” ~Brian Tracy
It was the spring of 1950. Author Ray Bradbury was living in a modest home in Venice, Calif., with his wife and children. He wanted ... Views: 1589
Appearance is something that seems to be ever more important. How we look, the clothes we wear, the fashions that we embrace all serve to say a lot about ourselves.
When you have nails that are bitten down to the quick you can find yourself going to great lengths to try and hide your ... Views: 1589
It’s summer time again and there never seems to be enough time to get to all those things you’ve always wanted to do. How can we have the BEST summer imaginable and do it on a budget? Well let’s first see what elements make up the best summer.
Elements of Your Best Summer
It is often said ... Views: 1588
If you are an emotional eater, you are not alone. Emotional eating is one of the major causes of overeating for women and one of the biggest reasons for weight regain. If you are seeing to avoid emotional eating, you’ve probably already figured out that willpower alone isn’t enough. To ... Views: 1587
Your day is packed with the things we are required to do, don’t you want to get the most out of the little time you do get to spend on your hobby? Scrapbooking can be a really great hobby. With so many supplies required you can be very easily overwhelmed by the task of keeping it all straight. ... Views: 1586
We all have habits, some good, some bad. Or shall I say, some that move us forward toward an inspiring future and others that keep us stuck in the past. Habits are where the intersection between life and business becomes even more blurry than usual (and those of you that read me regularly know I ... Views: 1584